---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a change of name for participants in the address confidentiality program administered by the office of the attorney general."
description: "Relating to a change of name for participants in the address confidentiality program administered by the office of the attorney general."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2301"
citation: "Texas HB 2301 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHANGED & ASSUMED NAMES (S0253)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meyer", "Parker", "Paxton", "Raymond", "Rose", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/302c3464-f4c9-4ab4-86c0-9dae30c45e38"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2301.xml"
source_hash: "7b83dfa84055921ac6a3487b7a42102c742848ecee84e3db26711b059e90e8b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 2301 (87) — Relating to a change of name for participants in the address confidentiality program administered by the office of the attorney general.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02301I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02301E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02301H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02301S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02301F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meyer — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Record vote
- **2021-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/302c3464-f4c9-4ab4-86c0-9dae30c45e38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).